Africa

Sudan Needs a Revolution

The protest movement against Omar al-Bashir is growing -- fast -- and it needs the world’s support.

BY AMIR AHMAD NASR | JUNE 26, 2012

5 Other People Ruining Zimbabwe

It's not just Robert Mugabe's fault the country is such a mess. (Just mostly.)

BY ERIN CONWAY-SMITH | JUNE 25, 2012

Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats?

The export of American arms to countries around the world -- even those actively repressing their own citizens -- is booming.

BY ZACH TOOMBS, R. JEFFREY SMITH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 21, 2012

Next Year's Failed State

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, is already on a path to disaster.

JUNE 21, 2012

Dreams from David Maraniss

What does the new Obama bio tell us about the president's view of the world?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 20, 2012

Does Obama Have a Strategy for Africa?

Not yet.

BY JOHN NORRIS | JUNE 19, 2012

It's Lonely Being No. 1

Is there any hope for Somalia?

BY PAUL COLLIER | JUNE 18, 2012

8 Geographical Pivot Points

From Angola to Yemen, eight countries whose futures are tied up in the land they occupy.

BY MARGARET SLATTERY | JUNE 18, 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Watch List

Predicting state failure isn't as hard as you think.

BY JAY ULFELDER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

10 Reasons Countries Fall Apart

States don't fail overnight. The seeds of of their destruction are sown deep within their political institutions.

BY DARON ACEMOGLU, JAMES A. ROBINSON | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Science of Ballot-Box Stuffing

What's the best way to detect electoral fraud? You may want to follow the numbers.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Please, Don't Send Food

A new study suggests that food aid could actually prolong conflict rather than resolve it.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Political Fat Cats, Global Edition

The United States doesn't have a monopoly on money in politics.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List

9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.

BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Egypt implodes (again), Greeks head for the polls, and Shiite pilgrims converge on a bloody Baghdad.

JUNE 15, 2012

Limbo Land

A journey into the heart of Mali, a nation divided, with no good end in sight.

BY PETER CHILSON | JUNE 14, 2012

Bipolar Policy on Equatorial Guinea

The Justice Department turns up the heat against a resource-rich dictatorship as the State Department helps its leader buff his image.

BY KEN SILVERSTEIN | JUNE 13, 2012

Africa Takes Off

Sub-Saharan Africa is starting to shed its reputation as an economic laggard. The West should pay attention.

BY G. PASCAL ZACHARY | JUNE 11, 2012

Brother Number One

Should Americans be worried about the man who might be Egypt's next president: the Muslim Brotherhood's curious second choice, Mohamed Morsi?

BY SHADI HAMID | JUNE 7, 2012

Bye-Bye OPEC

Ten new global energy powers.

BY LOGAN BAYROFF | JUNE 5, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

An  ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.

JUNE 1, 2012

U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Actual Human Rights Abusers!

Or, in praise of small victories.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 1, 2012

Kill the Kill List

The Obama administration is grossly misreading international law when it comes to targeting terrorists.

BY DAPHNE EVIATAR , GABOR RONA | MAY 31, 2012

Losing Polio

Did the CIA ruin our chance to eradicate one of the world's worst diseases?

BY LAURIE GARRETT | MAY 31, 2012

Where the Drones Are

Mapping the launch pads for Obama's secret wars.

BY MICAH ZENKO AND EMMA WELCH | MAY 29, 2012

Enough Talking, Kofi

It’s time for the world to stop hiding behind Kofi Annan's skirts. We gave diplomacy a chance in Syria; now we must accept that diplomacy has failed.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 25, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Egypt's first free election begins, NASA gets some commercial help, and Chen Guangcheng lands in New York.

MAY 25, 2012

Me Against the World

In a Foreign Policy exclusive, American jihadist (and rapper) Omar Hammami sends word about al Shabaab's bloody leadership wars and how he became a target.

BY J.M. BERGER | MAY 25, 2012

Sleepless in Jerusalem

Egypt's presidential elections are keeping Israeli officials awake at night. Will their most important Arab friend soon be an enemy?

BY OREN KESSLER | MAY 24, 2012